The small town of Wanatah, IN is a peaceful community located in LaPorte County. The politics in the area are largely conservative, with the majority of citizens voting along traditional Republican lines. There is a local government that handles city business, which typically consists of zoning and other infrastructure issues. Local elections are usually quiet affairs with few candidates running for office. As such, the same party often retains control of the local government for years at a time, making it difficult to make large-scale changes or enact new policies. While there may not be many political debates or discussions in Wanatah, IN, citizens take their role as an active participant in the political landscape seriously by remaining informed and casting votes on election day.
The political climate in Wanatah, IN is moderately conservative.
LaPorte County, IN is leaning conservative. In LaPorte County, IN 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, LaPorte county remained moderately Republican, 52.5% to 45.3%.
LaPorte county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wanatah, IN is moderately conservative.
LaPorte County, Indiana is leaning conservative.
Michigan City-La Porte Metro Area is leaning conservative.
Indiana is somewhat conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Wanatah, Indiana: d d D D r r
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Wanatah, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $238 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $13 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $410 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)